Rep. Amy Stephens[1] was DIA bound early this morning and more than a little frustrated to be stuck behind a slowpoke driver.

“I’m thinking, ‘Doesn’t he know I have to catch a plane to see my dear Cory Gardner get sworn in? C’mon!'” Stephens said.

As she got closer she saw a Cory Gardner bumper sticker, with its farm and mountain theme, on the vehicle. And then she realized she was driving behind Gardner.

Gardner was on the same flight headed to Washington, D.C. The Yuma Republican gets sworn in Wednesday as Colorado’s new congressman from the 4th Congressional District.

Joining Gardner in D.C. for the festivities will be three of his pals from the state House: Stephens, R-Monument, and the House majority leader elect; Speaker-elect Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch; and Rep. B.J. Nikkel[2], R-Loveland.

Also on the same flight: Susan Daggett, wife of Colorado’s elected senator, Democrat Michael Bennet; and Jim Knutson, brother in law state Rep. Scott Tipton, who also won his congressional race and will the congressman in the 3rd Congressional District.